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Cornish Dictionary | The online dictionary of Cornish. Gerlyver warlinen a Gernewek.The dictionary is written in the Standard Written Form of Cornish. Akademi Kernewek is recognised by Cornwall Council as the definitive b...

Really you need to put a Cornish word after Tre, changing its first letter as Cornish does.

www.cornishdictionary.org.uk?locale=en

08.09.2025 10:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Grant Cornwall nation status We urge the UK Government to formally recognize Cornwall as a nation, granting it equal status to Wales and Scotland. This includes devolved powers, cultural preservation, and official recognition of ...

Myttin da / Good morning Blue Sky 🙂

A recent Cornwall Council meeting, a motion was passed for Kernow (Cornwall) to be recognised as a nation with equal status to Wales and Scotland.

A petition is now available.

Your support is much appreciated 👍😃

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

25.07.2025 10:58 — 👍 112    🔁 72    💬 17    📌 13
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Sunday Feature - Hepworth and the Cornish Landscape - BBC Sounds Barbara Hepworth and the ancient stones of Cornwall - through the eyes of the Stone Club.

Beautiful warm hug of a programme on Radio 3 about the Penwith Standing Stones and Barbara Hepworth by @stoneclub.bsky.social ‘s Matt Shaw and Lally Macbeth www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

09.02.2025 21:40 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Niwl = mist
Kowas niwl = thick mist (lit “shower of mist”)
Niwl a-ugh lynn rewys = mist above a frozen lake
Gwedhen noth a’y sav y’n niwl = a bare tree standing in the mist

02.02.2025 02:03 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Ottamma beudhell owth oberi ragowgh hwi

13.01.2025 19:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Lovely old water wheel, still just about intact, by Chyandour Brook east of Madron. Made by E T Sara of Camborne. But what was it used for? And when? Any ideas?

11.01.2025 11:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

11C yw omma, nyns yw yeyn yn Kernow.

15.12.2024 17:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Ultra-processed news - why local journalism has gone weird If you’ve looked at a local news website lately, you may have got the feeling that something’s not quite right. Seeking stories about your own area, you click on an interesting headline and find yours...

AI is doing nothing good for local news. This is a shocking (if unsurprising, on reflection) exposé of what is going on. And if highly-processed food makes us fat, what does highly-processed news do? Again, nothing good. Written by a human! Please read +share!
westcountryvoices.co.uk/ultra-proces...

28.11.2024 19:56 — 👍 58    🔁 26    💬 8    📌 9

Yth esov vy yn BlueSky lemmyn! Dydh Lowen.
I am on BlueSky now. A happy day.

24.11.2024 10:47 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

My ynwedh, mar pleg.

24.11.2024 10:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My a lymnas (hag olsettya) lyver! I illustrated (and typeset) a book!

Check out the new #Kernewek/#Cornish publication of Broder Wella from Kowethas an Yeth: cornish-language.org/product/brod...

19.11.2024 11:07 — 👍 12    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

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